How Much Web Space do I Need?https://www.thinqtek.com/wp-content/themes/blade/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg150150ThinqThinqhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b6676dadcb9f2c13d80c3b5bb288e32?s=96&d=mm&r=gSeptember 3, 2018April 20, 2020

The other day I was checking Hostinger‘s plans and noticed that on the cheapest plan they give you 100 GB of bandwidth.

Why Hostinger? I’ve read an excellent review about them and they look a well designed and all-around performant service.

I know a lot of people think “I need web hosting. However, how much web space do I need?

It depends mainly on the amount and the type of information you are going to store.

If you want to host a blog, a wiki, or even a forum where the information is mainly textual you will fit perfectly in 1 GB (1024 MB) of disk storage and even less.

Most of the static websites need around 5 – 50 MB that is mainly used by the graphics used with the design. Once again if you add mainly textual information, even a tiny amount of disk space is enough for most of the websites.

Just consider that in 1 MB you may store at least 524288 UTF-8 encoded characters of text (letters) which is equal approximately to a 300 pages book. Having 1 GB of disk space means you may store a library of 1000 books, and that is quite a lot.

Now about images. To be compact, and still high quality most of the images are using JPEG compression. That makes it possible to store a single High Definition image in about 0.5 – 2 MB. Note that a 2 MB or more is not something usually used within the web pages.

Even if you have a website with HD image gallery you will probably stick with image sizes smaller than 1 MB which makes you possible to store more than 1000 high-quality images in 1 GB. For a large image gallery web site you may want to choose a web hosting offering around 10 – 50 GB of disk space.

That will allow you to store about 10,000 – 50,000 and even more high-quality pictures.

Having high demand needs, storing large ZIP or ISO archives, streaming video files or high-quality audio files, or hosting a large number of websites in a single account may require a bit more. Something between 100 GB of disk space should be sufficient.

Everything above those numbers goes out of a typical web hosting scenario. In these cases, you may want to get a VPS, rent a dedicated server or buy CDN service.

Privacy Preferences

When you visit our website, it may store information through your browser from specific services, usually in the form of cookies. Here you can change your Privacy preferences. It is worth noting that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our website and the services we are able to offer.